A sale would reflect an improved market for the most troubled real estate assets, said Ben Thypin, an analyst at researcher Real Capital Analytics Inc. in New York. Private- equity real estate funds, which have $80 billion to invest, are optimistic that transactions will pick up, London-based researcher Preqin Ltd. said in an April 30 report.

“Until now the major banks haven’t had an incentive to sell off loans they absorbed during the crisis,” Thypin said.

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